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the front-runners for secretary of defense are chuck hagel. there's also michelle florinoid, who is well qualified. also in the running is ashton carter, the current deputy defense secretary. now, defense isn't my issue, but i'd like to know, which of these people would do the best job. we keep skipping the interview process, going right to the smearing portion of the evening. not here on the rachel maddow show. tonight we have someone who really knows. she is one of the smartest defense experts i know, heather herbert. heather, nice to see you. >> that's quite an introduction to live up to. >> i'm sure you'll do fine. when you think of the secretary of defense job, what is the job description? what do they need to be able to do well? >> the next defense secretary is going to have to do three pretty hard things well. one is to lead the pentagon out of afghanistan, lead our military into redefining itself as to what does it do? why do you serve in the post-post-9/11 era? second, lead the country in more defense spending cuts, which is coming. a
the front-runners for secretary of defense are chuck hagel. there's also michelle florinoid, who is well qualified. also in the running is ashton carter, the current deputy defense secretary. now, defense isn't my issue, but i'd like to know, which of these people would do the best job. we keep skipping the interview process, going right to the smearing portion of the evening. not here on the rachel maddow show. tonight we have someone who really knows. she is one of the smartest defense...
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and where is the department of defense going in the future. joining me is glenn greenwald, and we have the former senior adviser to the united nations tour on executions. spencer ackerman, the national security blog for the danger room and elise jordan who worked under condoleezza rice. i will admit, i did not realize chuck hagel was a polarizing figure until this whole thing went down. were you surprised by the reaction to hagel? >> in jewish day school we are taught that chuck hagel will come and drink our blood. so i guess it is not surprising, but the manufactured outrage of this has been just disgusting to see. you saw in a clip that you played, the audio clip, the very next thing he says discusses the contradictory and the counterproductive elements that advocates for israel often engage in, that seems they are now demonstrating right now. that hagel talks about the interest of israel. >> i think there's a strain in washington of people who have actually fought wars unlike the people of the weekly standard who cheer for them, that have r
and where is the department of defense going in the future. joining me is glenn greenwald, and we have the former senior adviser to the united nations tour on executions. spencer ackerman, the national security blog for the danger room and elise jordan who worked under condoleezza rice. i will admit, i did not realize chuck hagel was a polarizing figure until this whole thing went down. were you surprised by the reaction to hagel? >> in jewish day school we are taught that chuck hagel...
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it was a different type of defense strategy, it was, by the way, controversial at the time. but the point to hagel, joy, is we're talking about someone who objectionable comments aside or not, someone who would be a change agent, and why won't the president fight for that? >> his only objectionable comment was his comment on the gay community. >> how long ago? >> bill clinton signed, you know -- >> clinton, who progressives like. >> it was a very different time in gay rights. >> and the issue on israel, what did he say, he's not a senator from israel? have we gotten to the point you can't say that? he's a republican, we're not going to agree with everything he says. >> he was against sanctions in iran. there's a real difference in iran policy, but look again, it's a symbolic fight between neoconservatives and people who hate neoconservatives and they are itching to fight each other and he's become the fight. obama made the decision, obama's going to make the decision. people are getting too worked up about the person who really isn't going to make the decision. >> jonathan g
it was a different type of defense strategy, it was, by the way, controversial at the time. but the point to hagel, joy, is we're talking about someone who objectionable comments aside or not, someone who would be a change agent, and why won't the president fight for that? >> his only objectionable comment was his comment on the gay community. >> how long ago? >> bill clinton signed, you know -- >> clinton, who progressives like. >> it was a very different time in...
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defense strategy for a new era that outlines four approaches for cutting defense spending but maintaining capability. stimson's co-founder barry blechman spearheaded the study. the report has become a must- read for anyone involved in the coming defense review or budget planning team. barry, welcome to the team. >> thank you, vag go. >> congratulations for your slot on the defense news top 100 most influential people. >> that was the biggest thrill of the year. >> so let's start off with the report. each report begins with assumptions about threats to the united states to be facing and what's going to be needed to meet them what. are those threats and what's the right strategy to address those threats as cost efficiently as possible? >> the group was more optimistic than many people in looking at the world. they see russia as a country that doesn't pose any threats now and really won't, can't for many years. they see china as a potential threat in the future but recognize we have common interests in china which would ease that threat. and they see the great instability in the middle east
defense strategy for a new era that outlines four approaches for cutting defense spending but maintaining capability. stimson's co-founder barry blechman spearheaded the study. the report has become a must- read for anyone involved in the coming defense review or budget planning team. barry, welcome to the team. >> thank you, vag go. >> congratulations for your slot on the defense news top 100 most influential people. >> that was the biggest thrill of the year. >> so...
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with former defense secretary dr. harold brown. >> the administration, obama administration has made it a signature feature to reduce the size of the u.s. nuclear arsenal. up to 1,000 there's talk of 1,000 operational warheads. you know more about this than almost anybody else in -- in the united states. is that a good idea and are you going to a safer world with fewer nuclear weapons in it from the standpoint of the united states? >> yes. definitely yes. in fact, in 1977, when i first became secretary of defense, we prepared in the department of defense a plan for a nuclear arsenal of 1,000 nuclear weapons ready nuclear weapons. for us and the soviets. and wanted to submit it to the strategic arms limitation talks but the soviets rejected it out of hand before it was made. so 1,000 would have been good then. it's good now. and maybe even we could go down below that. although there are now other countries with weapons in the hundreds aside from the u.s. and russia. and they would have to be included which is a complic
with former defense secretary dr. harold brown. >> the administration, obama administration has made it a signature feature to reduce the size of the u.s. nuclear arsenal. up to 1,000 there's talk of 1,000 operational warheads. you know more about this than almost anybody else in -- in the united states. is that a good idea and are you going to a safer world with fewer nuclear weapons in it from the standpoint of the united states? >> yes. definitely yes. in fact, in 1977, when i...
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and defense is higher defense production is highly capital intensive not labor. and that's one of the reasons that has that that effect of creating fewer jobs than other alternative use apple intensive there's a lot of banking involved if you happen intensive there's a lot of banking involved by capital on millions is a very expensive machine that produces these things so i was a little tech machine when i said ok what what kind of you know it seems like we have a national security system a defense system right now that's really built for a potential war with the soviet union and in the meantime we've got you know a single hacker in whether it's in louisiana or in saudi arabia could you know bring down half a city it seems. aren't we looking at a different face of future warfare. but we haven't we're still in a cold war mindset maintaining thousands of nuclear weapons that we don't need. even when we're trying to cover for other nations that have agreed not to produce them we produce the f. twenty two fighter to oppose the next generation of the soviet union's fi
and defense is higher defense production is highly capital intensive not labor. and that's one of the reasons that has that that effect of creating fewer jobs than other alternative use apple intensive there's a lot of banking involved if you happen intensive there's a lot of banking involved by capital on millions is a very expensive machine that produces these things so i was a little tech machine when i said ok what what kind of you know it seems like we have a national security system a...
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and there was huge pressure on him to spend more defense, and he was the one guy who understood how to stop that. he used to talk about "those boys at the pentagon," i know them. >> he knew those boys at the pentagon. doris, here's a great example of lyndon johnson, the man you knew so well. lyndon johnson wouldn't go out holding press conferences talking act eisenhower. this segment is not going to be about ike, but it is -- we're just talking about presidents who rise and presidents who fall. eisenhower's on his way up by now. but you had, of course, lbj constantly drawing on johnson's -- on eisenhower's wisdom. >> and, you know, the great thing about eisenhower, too, was just that he was so popular among the people. that great song "i like ike, because ike is easy to like," no one else had such a good song. but lbj is rising, too, and i think it's about time that he does. he left under such a cloud, the scar in vietnam so, so painful at the time he left, and the combination now of some distance from the war, the recognition that what he accomplished domestically we cannot take for g
and there was huge pressure on him to spend more defense, and he was the one guy who understood how to stop that. he used to talk about "those boys at the pentagon," i know them. >> he knew those boys at the pentagon. doris, here's a great example of lyndon johnson, the man you knew so well. lyndon johnson wouldn't go out holding press conferences talking act eisenhower. this segment is not going to be about ike, but it is -- we're just talking about presidents who rise and...
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half of the 1.2 falls on defense who already cut. he says if we do this we will shoot the defense department in the head and send out 800,000 layoff notices the beginning of the year. he is worried to death if we don't fix sequestration we will destroy the biggest military in the world at the time we need it most. >> impact potentially on the national defense. also on the markets. the president noting in the "meet the press" interviews. the markets going down on the fears there will not be a debt deal. watch out for the markets this coming week. >> they went down 158 points and see what happens on monday. certainly they will be going all night. we will get back to you once we have the latest on what if anything they can agree on. >> realistically what can lawmakers do with so little time on the clock? bring in bob cusack from the hill. if they can come to an agreement, the lawmakers still have to write the bill and produce something that can pass both chambers. will they get it done? is there enough time? >> i don't think so. not eno
half of the 1.2 falls on defense who already cut. he says if we do this we will shoot the defense department in the head and send out 800,000 layoff notices the beginning of the year. he is worried to death if we don't fix sequestration we will destroy the biggest military in the world at the time we need it most. >> impact potentially on the national defense. also on the markets. the president noting in the "meet the press" interviews. the markets going down on the fears there...
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hit the defense department. but the pentagon's real problem is not those cuts, but the ones that are going to be coming over the next decade. we talked to military contractors, top officials at the pentagon. they see a long period of downward decline. that after the war in afghanistan, there's going to be a period of austerity. they're calling it -- they have a term around the pentagon, a very graphic self-amputation as they cut back over the years. and this was one of the reasons that president obama had, at the top of his short list, the former republican senator, still a republican, chuck hagel of nebraska. he's somebody who's talked about the pentagon as being bloated, had very specific ideas about how to cut it. but mike, sam, the table, we're hearing that that trial balloon has been popped. that senator hagel has a possibility for secretary of defense, has really lost a lot of altitude. and what they discovered was, there's not a natural constituency for him. republicans, as you guys know, have fought with
hit the defense department. but the pentagon's real problem is not those cuts, but the ones that are going to be coming over the next decade. we talked to military contractors, top officials at the pentagon. they see a long period of downward decline. that after the war in afghanistan, there's going to be a period of austerity. they're calling it -- they have a term around the pentagon, a very graphic self-amputation as they cut back over the years. and this was one of the reasons that...
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i believe in the insanity defense and acquittal on the grounds of insanity. >> daniel patrick moynihan, great american center, public servant, had a simple suggestion. tax the magazines, the bullets. i do not care how many guns they have. if they cannot fire them, they will not kill people. >> state department takes a big hit on benghaz >> the state of art and had not given benghazi the security both physical and personnel resources it needed. >> former ambassador thomas pickering, former chair of the accountability review board investigated the attack. the report is the result of three resignation so far. i guarantee that is not the end of this debate. >> i feel a little bit as if, you know when somebody is going down the street and they cut someone off. the other guy is curious and the ab dver says, you arright. at i what happened this week. the state department said you are right. it took the wind out of the sales of the republican conspiracy theorists, i think, someonwhat. a hearing on capitol hill was only one hour long? this one was pretty reasonable. >> still someone in your sal
i believe in the insanity defense and acquittal on the grounds of insanity. >> daniel patrick moynihan, great american center, public servant, had a simple suggestion. tax the magazines, the bullets. i do not care how many guns they have. if they cannot fire them, they will not kill people. >> state department takes a big hit on benghaz >> the state of art and had not given benghazi the security both physical and personnel resources it needed. >> former ambassador thomas...
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so our national defense will take a hit. take a listen. >> not going to happen -- >> i talked to leon panetta last night, 7:30, during dinner -- >> secretary of defense? >> he said, lindsay, i have been told nothing of sequestration will go into effect, and that is the debt ceiling increase, half of the $1.2 falls on defense. we have cut $89 billion. he said, it would be shooting the defense department in the head and we will have to send out 800,000 layoff notices the beginning of the year. he is worried to death if we don't fix sequestration, we will destroy the finest military in the worlds when we need it most. >> if the sequestration goes through, massive impact on our national defense. if the tax rate issue is not settled, we could be facing the largest tax increase in american history since world war ii. largest tax increase since world war ii. finally, the president noting in "meet the press," if there is no deal, we could see the markets take a bill -- big hit when they reopen after the new year's holiday. >> hence
so our national defense will take a hit. take a listen. >> not going to happen -- >> i talked to leon panetta last night, 7:30, during dinner -- >> secretary of defense? >> he said, lindsay, i have been told nothing of sequestration will go into effect, and that is the debt ceiling increase, half of the $1.2 falls on defense. we have cut $89 billion. he said, it would be shooting the defense department in the head and we will have to send out 800,000 layoff notices the...
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i believe in the s&p defense and on the grounds of acquittal by and sanity. daniel patrick moynihan, great american center and public servant had a simple suggestion. tax the magazines, tax the bullets, attacks the ammunitions. i do not care how many guns they have. if they cannot fire them, they will not kill people. >> state department takes a big hit on benghazi. >> the state department had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personal resources it needed. >> former ambassador thomas pickering, the chairman of the accountability review board that investigated the attack, the board report has resulted in three resignations so far, but i guarantee that is not the end of this debate. >> it is not, but i feel like -- when somebody is going down the street and they cut someone off. the other guy is furious and the errant drivers says you are right here that is what happened this week. the state department said you were right. it sort of took the wind out of the sales of the republican conspiracy theorists', i think, somewhat. a hearing was only an
i believe in the s&p defense and on the grounds of acquittal by and sanity. daniel patrick moynihan, great american center and public servant had a simple suggestion. tax the magazines, tax the bullets, attacks the ammunitions. i do not care how many guns they have. if they cannot fire them, they will not kill people. >> state department takes a big hit on benghazi. >> the state department had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personal resources it needed....
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parties and in defense tension lections at around fifty one percent so the vote is declining going down mainly because position and the more they have to deliver on the promises they cannot just missed while the end not delivered so now people have expectations and they can control politicians by voting. israel's given the green light to building another twelve hundred new settlements in east jerusalem or land that's considered illegally occupied under international law this in addition to the already approved construction of thousands of new homes in the west bank in retaliation over the palestinians u.n. status upgrade ortiz middle east correspondent polish clear reports what we're witnessing is that israel is continuing with its expansion of settlements and this new announcement is that it has approved the building of some one thousand two hundred new secure homes which is a neighborhood in east jerusalem across the green line it comes in less than a month off to israel's controversial statement that it was planning to build in the one creditable which links jerusalem to the west ban
parties and in defense tension lections at around fifty one percent so the vote is declining going down mainly because position and the more they have to deliver on the promises they cannot just missed while the end not delivered so now people have expectations and they can control politicians by voting. israel's given the green light to building another twelve hundred new settlements in east jerusalem or land that's considered illegally occupied under international law this in addition to the...
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the teams will not be permitted to conduct military operations without permission from the defense secretary. >> the egyptian opposition is calling for an investigation into allegations of voter fraud into this weekend's referendum for a constitution. the moslem brotherhood says it passed with a 64% positive vote but only 32% of eligible voters turned out. the brotherhood says any election violations were limited and should not affect the referendum's integrity british3 prosecutors are debating whether to file charges against two australian dj's. >> they posed as queen elizabeth and prince charles and obtained private details about kate middleton's condition in hospital. the nurse who took the call was later found dead and it is believed to kill yourself and the dj's taken off the air. >>the duke and duchess of cambridge will spend christmas with kate's parents. they normally spend christmas at the royal estate. prince william and cable stop by some point during the week. a florida restaurant manager found a creative way to decorate for the holidays. >> all the figures in this display at a b
the teams will not be permitted to conduct military operations without permission from the defense secretary. >> the egyptian opposition is calling for an investigation into allegations of voter fraud into this weekend's referendum for a constitution. the moslem brotherhood says it passed with a 64% positive vote but only 32% of eligible voters turned out. the brotherhood says any election violations were limited and should not affect the referendum's integrity british3 prosecutors are...
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how are you going to do it -- >> we're doing this with the defense reauthorization bill. we are doing it with this bill right now. we want an environment that provides these options were the majority and minority leaders can work together with their conferences to move legislation forward. we have shown on several occasions we are entirely capable of that. but there is the erosion of certain practices like, as i said -- stop everything i object. you cannot do that. you have got to be on the floor. that objection may not hold. it has got to do with the desire to move. i can tell you, many of us are so nervous about this nuclear option -- you are asking whether or not you think you can get 60 votes. is that your question? >> at some point, you have to get the votes. if you want to keep it 60 -- >> we are hopeful between the two caucuses, there would be 60 votes in the standing order. >> does this mean that you and perhaps undecided democrats simply would not vote for the more ambitious public auction? >> it means that we would not change the rules and it would mean that the
how are you going to do it -- >> we're doing this with the defense reauthorization bill. we are doing it with this bill right now. we want an environment that provides these options were the majority and minority leaders can work together with their conferences to move legislation forward. we have shown on several occasions we are entirely capable of that. but there is the erosion of certain practices like, as i said -- stop everything i object. you cannot do that. you have got to be on...
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back there. >> as congress deals with sequestration with respect to defense policy, defense spending, what lessons can we find from the way eisenhower solving? >> well, i wish eisenhower were around to do with congress today because he could get into compromise. in his own party of opposition on the far right complete do without part by getting along with southern democrats. he would get along with this committee chairman and was able to talk to them. all the comedy that existed in his day just doesn't exist today. i mean, when bob was giving ike a tough time and blew up at a meeting, ike took and golfing. they became good buddies but when taft died, taft was a friend. you know, ike knew how to turn on his personal china. he had extraordinary warmth. yes, he was difficult but he had a warmth and he would use it. on congressman. that's a we need today because we've got to get a deal. no way we are going fast but i think were going over the cliff, fiscal cliff here, and it's going to be a big crisis and everybody will wring their hands and then hopefully we're going to get a deal, which
back there. >> as congress deals with sequestration with respect to defense policy, defense spending, what lessons can we find from the way eisenhower solving? >> well, i wish eisenhower were around to do with congress today because he could get into compromise. in his own party of opposition on the far right complete do without part by getting along with southern democrats. he would get along with this committee chairman and was able to talk to them. all the comedy that existed in...
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defense refused to sell valuable public land adjacent to fast-growing city. without charging royalties like we do for oil and natural gas. selling amtrak could net $60 billion. the tennessee authority and the power would bring in more. commission could oversee the sale to overcome partisan opposition. >> the commission could look at all the federal assets. decide which were the most valuable. which could be sold with the least loss to common good. >> the federal government owns 28% of the land in the u.s.. $500 billion in mineral right. the tax foundation calls selling unused asset and empty buildings one of the least worst options of raising cash. experts admit yard sale are not words you often hear on capitol hill. >> william la jeunesse. thank you. >>> three days to cut a deal and avoid the fiscal cliff. fox all-stars weigh in when we come back. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. th
defense refused to sell valuable public land adjacent to fast-growing city. without charging royalties like we do for oil and natural gas. selling amtrak could net $60 billion. the tennessee authority and the power would bring in more. commission could oversee the sale to overcome partisan opposition. >> the commission could look at all the federal assets. decide which were the most valuable. which could be sold with the least loss to common good. >> the federal government owns 28%...
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defense is where the money was. if you want to control federal spending and have balanced budgets, control defense spending in the 1950s, and ike was able to do that despite tremendous pressure on him to spend more, spend more, spend more. the bomber gap, the missile gap. the democrats were crazy about this. interesting democrats wanted to spend more money on defense in 1950s, and ike was a solitary figure in his quiet way, working behind the scenes basically saying, and not the pentagon hype when the generals, i mean, air force said we got to have 87 air wings -- i don't know the precise number, but ike would go, no, we don't. that's a number they arbitrarily picked, but it takes a strong president to stand up to the punish. it was all quietly done, but he did it. yeah? >> what's this eisenhower story with the bay of pigs, and the plane and into the kennedy administration. >> sure, yep. ike, who did believe in covert operations and did not like castro, did authorize the cia to create an exile army of cuban exiles t
defense is where the money was. if you want to control federal spending and have balanced budgets, control defense spending in the 1950s, and ike was able to do that despite tremendous pressure on him to spend more, spend more, spend more. the bomber gap, the missile gap. the democrats were crazy about this. interesting democrats wanted to spend more money on defense in 1950s, and ike was a solitary figure in his quiet way, working behind the scenes basically saying, and not the pentagon hype...
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that's when the secretary of defense found out. they ordered a broader investigation. it came to the president's attention. it is a very rare thing for the president to call over to the pentagon and have to say, what is going on? >> and i'm curious about that. how did that even get on the president's desk? how did he get involved in a day care situation on a military base? >> this is mid-december and this is when the country's focus was on child safety after the massacre and the tragedy in newtown, connecticut. the secretary of defense leon panetta finds out about all this because finally army leaders know the facts and are able to tell him. e he take s it to the president. but it's between late september and mid-december that they keep investigating the other workers here and find those background check problems and they are not dismissed from their jobs between september and mid-december. this goes on and on and on. all of this now the subject of a complete army investigation. >> barbara starr, we're glad you're looking into it. you can watch barbara's entire report
that's when the secretary of defense found out. they ordered a broader investigation. it came to the president's attention. it is a very rare thing for the president to call over to the pentagon and have to say, what is going on? >> and i'm curious about that. how did that even get on the president's desk? how did he get involved in a day care situation on a military base? >> this is mid-december and this is when the country's focus was on child safety after the massacre and the...
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do we have adequate defense against an attack? >> when i talked about unmanned systems, the fact is they are increasing. within the united states, it is one of the leaders in terms of using drone capability and has served as a very well, particularly at the end of the fight against terrorism. we do have to keep track of other countries that decide to get into the business. and they are. iran, other countries in the middle east are also beginning to develop the capability. we have got to be able, as they do, to be able to track where those uad's are and take steps to ensure that we can do everything possible to try to make sure they are not capable of surveiling what they are after. that requires a lot of technology and development but it is an area we are focused on to protect ourselves in the future. >> under what conditions do you anticipate further u.s. involvement in syria beyond enforcing the no-fly zone? >> the effort has been an international effort to try to bring as much pressure on syria to get a saw to step down. our pr
do we have adequate defense against an attack? >> when i talked about unmanned systems, the fact is they are increasing. within the united states, it is one of the leaders in terms of using drone capability and has served as a very well, particularly at the end of the fight against terrorism. we do have to keep track of other countries that decide to get into the business. and they are. iran, other countries in the middle east are also beginning to develop the capability. we have got to...
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voters are stupid people but you say low information voters because it sounds nice although in their defense it could be people who are just too busy you know their lives their family and their work they don't have time to focus on the election until the very last minute and then they vote based on the hairstyle of the candidate running for president as america's political elite continues creating new vocabulary to soften the hard truth a greater focus could instead be put into asking why so many issues need to be rephrased before being presented to the public george carlin created comedy about the strategy but it was george orwell who first coined a term for it newspeak reporting from new york. r.t. . turning now to some other stories making global headlines a military aircraft crashed in southern kazakstan killing all twenty seven people aboard the acting head of the country's borders was on the flight which is also thought to have been carrying other high ranking military personnel the plane took off from the capital austin and came down just twenty kilometers from its destination near th
voters are stupid people but you say low information voters because it sounds nice although in their defense it could be people who are just too busy you know their lives their family and their work they don't have time to focus on the election until the very last minute and then they vote based on the hairstyle of the candidate running for president as america's political elite continues creating new vocabulary to soften the hard truth a greater focus could instead be put into asking why so...
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and the defense is a large chunk as well. i have to ask you, senator durbin, because you have said, even in a grand bargain, that we shouldn't be tackling entitlements. how you can be serious about deficit reduction if you're not willing to take on medicare? >> norah, i tackled them with simpson-bowles. we need to taxle them again. what i said in the last few hours of the fiscal cliff don't make program policy changes in medicare that you're going to live with decades reflect on this. yesterday 10,000 americans reached the age of 65, today another 10,000, tomorrow another 10,000, and every day for the next 18 years. these people have pied in to fair lifetime into an insurance program called social security and medicare and they are expecting the benefits they paid for. we have to resolve, as tom said, how are we going to come to grips with the growing health care costs in medicare and medicaid and still keep our promise to these people? so, yes, we need entitlement reform. let's do it in a calm, thoughtful way using something
and the defense is a large chunk as well. i have to ask you, senator durbin, because you have said, even in a grand bargain, that we shouldn't be tackling entitlements. how you can be serious about deficit reduction if you're not willing to take on medicare? >> norah, i tackled them with simpson-bowles. we need to taxle them again. what i said in the last few hours of the fiscal cliff don't make program policy changes in medicare that you're going to live with decades reflect on this....
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it's not just defense companies. it's also other companies that get a lot in the way of government contracts, and there's companies here, get 50% or more of their sales from government contracts. really interesting stuff. it's not just, again, defense companies. you're going to see waste management in there, an environmental company. motorola in there as well. we talked to fidelity. they are concerned as well telling amists to watch for certainly insexes -- indexes and others that cover financials and others cited there. adam: i have friends saying there's no fiscal cliff, it's make believe trumped up by the media and parties to scare people, get rate, and, perhaps bring about policy that's not true. look at the companies, the fact that the government -- look at the contracts that would be canceled, those are people who would lose jobs in several months. the recession that the cbo is legitimate looking at that list. >> that's right, adam. it's interesting because it flushes out what companies basically operate on the
it's not just defense companies. it's also other companies that get a lot in the way of government contracts, and there's companies here, get 50% or more of their sales from government contracts. really interesting stuff. it's not just, again, defense companies. you're going to see waste management in there, an environmental company. motorola in there as well. we talked to fidelity. they are concerned as well telling amists to watch for certainly insexes -- indexes and others that cover...
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the defense department needs to answer these questions. i might add in the authorization bill we added authorization for 1000 additional marines to be used to protect our installations, diplomatic installations overseas. it is essential for the community to conduct a similar arb-type effort. why did it take more than a week for the eye witnesses' accounts to reach our analysts put these witnesses could have told them in minutes there was no protest at our consulate, a conclusion that in the absence of this information to took our intelligence community nearly two weeks to confirm on its own? the congress created the 9/11 commission to fix these problems. perhaps we need another round of reforms. perhaps most important questions that still need to be answered are after the fall of gaddafi, why did the administration not do more to support libyan friends and partners as an outcry that affiliated terrorist groups established sanctions in eastern libya? that remains the fact on the ground today. it directly implicates u.s. national security in
the defense department needs to answer these questions. i might add in the authorization bill we added authorization for 1000 additional marines to be used to protect our installations, diplomatic installations overseas. it is essential for the community to conduct a similar arb-type effort. why did it take more than a week for the eye witnesses' accounts to reach our analysts put these witnesses could have told them in minutes there was no protest at our consulate, a conclusion that in the...
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let's bring in our legal panel, defense attorney and tad nelson, also a defense attorney and former prosecutor. david, you think the focus here is a bit misplaced? >> well, obviously spangler is the killer. there is no question about that, gregg. you know, when miss nguyen went into the gun shop, she got this form, the atf 4473 form and right at the top you'll note it says $250,000 fine and ten years in state prison ifie on that form. so it's hard for me to believe that she actually lied on the form to give guns to a guy she barely even knew? there is also, it's important to know, no indication whatsoever that she knew of his background, knew of his conviction for manslaughter, knew that he was a felon, because if that was the case, she could be facing charges of conspiracy or accessory. so i do think it's misplaced. they do want a conviction for somebody because spangler killed himself. but it should not be with her. >> gregg: here is the trouble, i've been reading in the news accounts, she apparently texted a sheriff's deputy in monroe county. here is a quote, she later called the deputy and
let's bring in our legal panel, defense attorney and tad nelson, also a defense attorney and former prosecutor. david, you think the focus here is a bit misplaced? >> well, obviously spangler is the killer. there is no question about that, gregg. you know, when miss nguyen went into the gun shop, she got this form, the atf 4473 form and right at the top you'll note it says $250,000 fine and ten years in state prison ifie on that form. so it's hard for me to believe that she actually lied...
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so we didn't have the draconian cuts to the department of defense. we passed that back in may. we have been waiting for the senate to act. so to blame the congress, the houses, the only body that has acted responsibly is pretty disingenuous on the part of the president. >> reporter: congressman kucinich, you will get something back today that you can debate in the house? >> we can only hope that. but let me state something, that is that we have over 10 million americans out of work. how come this isn't being discussd? how about more taxpayers? how about putting america back to work? rebuilding the infrastructure? it is discussion, there is no discussion about getting america back to work. that is just is further proof that the system isn't working. the senate's sitting on, what? every proppings bill right now? there is no action that has come out of it. the house has passed 7. the senate hasn't taken action. look, we have a whole appropriations process that is falling apart in the last couple of years, whether it is hyperpartisanship or outside interest groups because of buckle
so we didn't have the draconian cuts to the department of defense. we passed that back in may. we have been waiting for the senate to act. so to blame the congress, the houses, the only body that has acted responsibly is pretty disingenuous on the part of the president. >> reporter: congressman kucinich, you will get something back today that you can debate in the house? >> we can only hope that. but let me state something, that is that we have over 10 million americans out of work....
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we've already had a $480 billion cut that's taken place in the defense department. most experts who look closely at that cut believe there's too much risk in that. add $500 billion on top of that, borders on irresponsibility. and it cuts into our ability to provide national security and protect the treasures of the united states. what's going to happen here, it starts with people. the active duty pay would be protected. seven pay would not. -- c would not. they'll be furloughed, kept on the books but not work for a month or two and then eventually they would have to be significant reduction in force. also, and listen to this because the capabilities of the military would be decreased so much, the services, while they have active duty pay for the people, would find themself having to separate tens of thousands of people in addition to the civilian workforce and we'll hollow out the force. as peter mentioned, there would be hundreds of thousands of defense contractors let go. >> you're talking about peter morrisy, the economist who joined us. you give us dire circumst
we've already had a $480 billion cut that's taken place in the defense department. most experts who look closely at that cut believe there's too much risk in that. add $500 billion on top of that, borders on irresponsibility. and it cuts into our ability to provide national security and protect the treasures of the united states. what's going to happen here, it starts with people. the active duty pay would be protected. seven pay would not. -- c would not. they'll be furloughed, kept on the...
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then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending cuts in defense programs and set them into law. if you're among republicans is if you reach an agreement now and agree to tax increases, the spending cuts will get undone or never will be followed through on. that's one of the things that has held back talks, because republicans are skeptical that democrats will follow through. host: charles is on the independent line from colorado. caller: good morning, steve. i listened to it the myopic dogma in this segment over and over. the only people i can blame on this are the american people. the people who sit here and listen to these guys that are extremists and and they vote him into office -- them into office. i hear people say let's get rid of epa. if you look at how much epa takes out of our budget, that's like worrying about nothing gary people need to turn off the tv and start studying more. crack some books. look at economic spirit trickle- down economics does not work. name a country where it has worked? maybe estonia. but it's not working incr greece. i he
then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending cuts in defense programs and set them into law. if you're among republicans is if you reach an agreement now and agree to tax increases, the spending cuts will get undone or never will be followed through on. that's one of the things that has held back talks, because republicans are skeptical that democrats will follow through. host: charles is on the independent line from colorado. caller: good morning, steve. i...
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harris: let's start with what the defense team is saying. multiple deployments are a defense. why? >> they're saying because of multiple deployments there was post-traumatic stress many a disease many military people suffer from and is legitimate and we need more mental health services for soldiers facing multiple deployments and mental health issues. that is not in any way a mitigating factor for the mass murder laelg alleged here where 16 people were murdered without provocation. harris: you're playing two roles for us today. you're prosecutor and defense of the you're also talking about a case that the prosecution which in this case is the united states, against sergeant bales has and in its case. tell me why you think it is solid or maybe not, what is might be missing? >> the allegations are here that he went to two different villages and opened fire on innocent people including multiple people and that 16 people were killed there is dna evidence linking him to the scene. he was seen coming back to the base with blood on him. there were eyewitness accounts. there is also statem
harris: let's start with what the defense team is saying. multiple deployments are a defense. why? >> they're saying because of multiple deployments there was post-traumatic stress many a disease many military people suffer from and is legitimate and we need more mental health services for soldiers facing multiple deployments and mental health issues. that is not in any way a mitigating factor for the mass murder laelg alleged here where 16 people were murdered without provocation....
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they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of your favorite politicians made this list. ve, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ...but he'd wait for her forever, for any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands,
they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of...
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they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of your favorite politicians made this list. through diet and exercise, alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. let's fight fat with alli. ♪ trust duracell to power their donated toys? duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta
they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of...
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spending, defense jobs. this is really these are middle class programs and why there's such widespread support. guest: as i've said on a number of occasions here, you should look at the federal budget as the government being an insurance company with an army. there's a fair amount of defense spending and most of the other spending is for two insurance programs, medicare and social security, which help really people of all income levels and mainly retirees. and so when we look at that rebalancing our long term spending commitments we have to do it with that understanding that foreign aid and welfare aid to the poor those are very, very small programs of the federal budget especially as you look over the long term. those are actually projecteded to shrink as a share of our economy going forward where as social security and medicare are projected to continue their increase and that's what we have to deal with. an issue some of our callers have brought up. we read a story about this earlier today about the 0.5%
spending, defense jobs. this is really these are middle class programs and why there's such widespread support. guest: as i've said on a number of occasions here, you should look at the federal budget as the government being an insurance company with an army. there's a fair amount of defense spending and most of the other spending is for two insurance programs, medicare and social security, which help really people of all income levels and mainly retirees. and so when we look at that...
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the problem is that you cannot even get 60 votes. >> we did it with the defense authorization bill. there has got to be an environment that provides these options for the majority leader and minority leader working together with their consciences to move legislation forward and we have shown on several occasions that we are entirely capable of that but we want to do away with the erosion of certain practices like -- stop everything, i object. you can't do that, you have to be down on the floor. then, it might not hold. it has to do the desire to move and i can tell you that many of us have been around for a while and were so nervous about this possible option that may be there to be a lot more comedy as we just saw with the sandy bill. >> if you are asking whether or not the thing we did get 60 votes for a standing order. >> you want to get to 60. between hopeful that the two caucuses, there will be 60 votes for the standing order. >> does this mean that you and perhaps the democrats are more ambitious option by the junior colleagues. >> the number of us are very deeply troubled by
the problem is that you cannot even get 60 votes. >> we did it with the defense authorization bill. there has got to be an environment that provides these options for the majority leader and minority leader working together with their consciences to move legislation forward and we have shown on several occasions that we are entirely capable of that but we want to do away with the erosion of certain practices like -- stop everything, i object. you can't do that, you have to be down on the...
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we simply cannot do that and cut defense spending more than he already has. two rounds of defense cuts over and above getting out of iraq and afghanistan. we simply cannot maintain a fleet that way. there is room for reform in military spending. one area is health care. its shares that problem with the civilian area. secretary panetta, who is no republican, has pointed out that his health care costs are eating up his budget. but we simply cannot cut military spending more. host: paul in riverside, address, republican. caller: thanks for having me. i have a small business. i came from nothing. my father was a state worker. i contribute so much to the tax system through a fuel tax, state tax, all these hidden fees. i make about 60 cows and dollars per year. i pay probably $140 to my employees and people. it is ridiculous when i contribute. i get trash pickup, police protection, fire protection, snowplows. i think people need to improve. their improve they need to protect their credit, they're driving record. can you imagine getting a dui, that takes from you. y
we simply cannot do that and cut defense spending more than he already has. two rounds of defense cuts over and above getting out of iraq and afghanistan. we simply cannot maintain a fleet that way. there is room for reform in military spending. one area is health care. its shares that problem with the civilian area. secretary panetta, who is no republican, has pointed out that his health care costs are eating up his budget. but we simply cannot cut military spending more. host: paul in...
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the philadelphia defense index, we are very close to all-time highs on this defense index. there are a couple of names to watch within this index. general dynamics, which has had a nice run since about the mid-november time frame or so, announcing today that along with huntingtonengles, it has won a navy submarine contract. and those are secure even if the defense department undergoes sequestration. interesting deal being made there. >> taking a look at some of the biggest names that are among the biggest losers. traders have told us, if you're in the money on a lot of these names, why not take some money off gap for instance, masco. names like that are related to housing and retail. >> and speaking of retail, coors, third straight day of losses for shares of coors. a big winner so far this year. yesterday, citigroup had cautious comments from itses, saying in some cases, there are massive discounts on kors handbags. so questions on the pricing in the margins on kors. but this thing went public on the new york stock exchange, and it has had a monster run. 78% over the past
the philadelphia defense index, we are very close to all-time highs on this defense index. there are a couple of names to watch within this index. general dynamics, which has had a nice run since about the mid-november time frame or so, announcing today that along with huntingtonengles, it has won a navy submarine contract. and those are secure even if the defense department undergoes sequestration. interesting deal being made there. >> taking a look at some of the biggest names that are...
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so we had, all of this had to be moved first to saudi arabia not region first from the defensive operation and then in an offensive operation. so just months and months for this to even, just to prepare for this. >> and he was in charge of that. but now he was as we lewded to in the piece also criticized for making some strategic mistakes. what were those? >> well, there were well two goals primary goal its one was to evict the iraqi forces from kuwait which was done in the 100 hour ground war after six weeks of bombing, remember that. but the other one was to destroy saddam hussein's offensive powers, primarily his republican guard force. because the thinking was if you didn't destroy them, they could always come back to invade kuwait again plus there was a subtext, they were hoping to weaken saddam's hold on power by getting at the most capable and loyal forces on his command. we did the first, we didn't fully dot second. at the end of the day a significant number of the republican guard forces managed to escape. and this became, they were unenvironment-- instrumental in putting down the
so we had, all of this had to be moved first to saudi arabia not region first from the defensive operation and then in an offensive operation. so just months and months for this to even, just to prepare for this. >> and he was in charge of that. but now he was as we lewded to in the piece also criticized for making some strategic mistakes. what were those? >> well, there were well two goals primary goal its one was to evict the iraqi forces from kuwait which was done in the 100 hour...
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they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of your favorite politicians made this list. because it's the final 100 hours of the ford year end celebration. last chance to get the best deals of the year on america's freshest lineup. hurry in for the great mileage. hurry in the latest technology. the clock is ticking. so hurry to the final 100 hours of ford's year end celebration. before everything's gone. and one more thing...hurry. get a focus with 2000 cash plus 500 year end bonus cash with no charge sync and sound during the final hundred hours of the ford year end celebration. only at your local ford dealer. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day
they're trying to figure all of this out, and at the same time, defense secretary panetta has told all of the military services to look at the same question at all of their facilities. >> thank you, barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, worries about the fiscal cliff wreaking havoc on our economy. stocks down for the fifth straight day. what lawmakers must do to stop the bleeding. >>> we count down our top political rivalries. find out how many of...
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controversy brewing over chuck hagel's possible nomination as defense secretary. will the president go all in or go with someone else? >>> and fired for being simply too irresistible. one state's highest court says not a problem. this is a story you really do have to hear and see to believe. we'll bring it to you, next. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ breathes deeply ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and
controversy brewing over chuck hagel's possible nomination as defense secretary. will the president go all in or go with someone else? >>> and fired for being simply too irresistible. one state's highest court says not a problem. this is a story you really do have to hear and see to believe. we'll bring it to you, next. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose....
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so we had, all of this had to be moved first to saudi arabia not region first from the defensive operation and then in an offensive operation. so just months and months for this to even just to prepare for this. >> and he was in charge of that. but now he was as we lewded to in the piece also criticized for making some strategic mistakes. what were those? >> well, there were well two goals primary goal its one was to evict the iraqi forces from kuwait which was done in the 100 hour ground war after six weeks of bombing, remember that. but the other one was to destroy saddam hussein's offensive powers primarily his republican guard force. because the thinking was if you didn't destroy them they could always come back to invade kuwait again plus there was a subtext they were hoping to weaken saddam's hold on power by getting at the most capable and loyal forces on his command. we did the first we didn't fully dot second. at the end of the day a significant number of the republican guard forces managed to escape. and this became, they were unenvironment-- instrumental in putting down the shi'
so we had, all of this had to be moved first to saudi arabia not region first from the defensive operation and then in an offensive operation. so just months and months for this to even just to prepare for this. >> and he was in charge of that. but now he was as we lewded to in the piece also criticized for making some strategic mistakes. what were those? >> well, there were well two goals primary goal its one was to evict the iraqi forces from kuwait which was done in the 100 hour...